Improved window-holder for carriages



MOORE & JOHNSTON.

Carriage Window. No: 77,397. Patented April 28, 1868.

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J. H. MOORE AND WILLIAM JOHNSTON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORSTOHENRY HALE AND COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

Lette'rs Patent No. 77,397, dated April 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

' Beitknown that we, J, H. Moonn and WILLIAM JonNsroN, of New Haven, inthe county ofNcw Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Window-Holderfor Carriages; and we do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in- A l Figure 1, a perspective view ofthe holder, and in Figure 2 a diagram illustrating the operation.

This inventionrelates to an improvement in window-holders for that classof carriages know'n'as landau carriages, the object being to support thewindow, so that when it is raised it may open with the door, and whenthe window is dropped, the holders may be turned down over and so as tocover the top of the sash or recess in the door, into which the sashdrops. Herctofore the window-holder has been constructed with a hinge inone part, so that when the holder is turned down, an open joint at thehinge was unavoidable, By our invention this is entirely overcome, andconsists in the construction of the hinge in twoparts, the one(tl1cinner) extending down into the reccss'in the door, into which the sashdrops, the other (the outer) secured-upon the upper edge of the door,and formed so that, with the holder, when turned down, it closes thejoint, and gives to the whole a neat and finished appearance.

In order to the clear understanding of our invention, wewill proceed todescribe the sameas illustratedin the accompanying drawings. I

A is the window-holder, constructed with a groove, B, as seen in fig. 1,into which the sash rises, and the groove provided with a projection, C,to hold the upper edge of' the window, and prevent its rattling, thewidth of the groove at that point corresponding to the thickness of thesash. At the lowercnd of the holder A we attach the two parts D and E ofthe hinge. E, the inner part, extends down into the door, and is theresecured, and the other part, D, upon the upper edge of the door, both inrelative position to the holder A, as seen in fig. 1. The inside of theholder A, that is, the side attached to the part E, has formed upon itslower edge a shoulder, a, which, when turned down, as denoted in red,fig. 2, closes the joint betwcen the two parts, by the said shoulder aturning down upon and close to the hinged part E. The other or outerside has an inclined shoulder, d, formed thereon, and on the hinge acorresponding angular rib, f, so that when the holderis turned down, asdenoted in red, fig. 2, the joint will be fully ind neatly closed.

The outer shoulder or stop, It, on the hinges and holder, is made quitethin, and only suificicnt to act asastop for the holder, when raised to.an upright position, and so that when the holder is turneddown, thesurface of the joint is open only so much as the thickncssof theshoulder, and therefore has not the unfinished appearance of theordinary holder. 7

Itwill' be readily understood that the holder shown and describedapplies only to one side or edge of the door, and that a correspondingholder is' placed upon the opposite edge, therefore requiring that theholders remain in pairs, right and left.

Having thus fully desoribedpur invention, .what we claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the two parts, D and E, hinged to and combined withthe holder A, thehvhole con-- structed in the manner substantially asherein described.

' J. H. MOORE, 'WILLIAM JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

' Jonn H. SHUMWAL,

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